Mykal Riley

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Mykal Riley

| image = Mykal Riley avec Nanterre 92.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Riley in 2017

| position = Small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 187

| league =

| team = Free Agent

| number =

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|07|14}}

| birth_place = Pine Bluff, Arkansas

| highschool = Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)

| college =

• Panola (2004−2006)
• Alabama (2006−2008)

| draft_year = 2008

| career_start = 2008

| career_end =

| years1 = 2008–2009

| team1= Ferrara

| years2 = 2009

| team2= Imola

| years3 = 2009–2012

| team3 = JSF Nanterre

| years4 = 2013

| team4 = Bucaneros de La Guaira

| years5 = 2013–2014

| team5 =JDA Dijon

| years6 = 2014–2017

| team6 = Nanterre 92

| years7 = 2017–2018

| team7 = Le Mans

| years8 = 2018–2019

| team8 = Élan Chalon

| years9 = 2019–2020

| team9 = Bursaspor

| highlights =

• Pro A champion (2018)
• FIBA Europe Cup champion (2017)
• French Cup champion (2017)
• EuroChallenge champion (2015)
• Match des Champions champion (2014)

}}

Mykal Reginald Riley (born July 14, 1985) is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Bursaspor of the Turkish Super League.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/bursaspor-adds-mykal-riley/|title=Bursaspor adds Mykal Riley|language=En|website=Sportando|accessdate=August 21, 2019}} Standing at {{convert|1.98|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, he plays the small forward position.

He is best known for his last-second three-point shot against Mississippi State in the 2008 SEC men's basketball tournament (he was named to the All-Tournament Team): the shot extended the game into overtime, possibly preventing thousands of fans from walking out of the Georgia Dome at the time a tornado struck the area.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawgsports.com/2013/3/3/4060866/sec-storied-miracle-3-every-bit-as-amazing-now-as-it-was-then|title=SEC Storied - Miracle 3: Required Viewing|date=March 3, 2013}}